Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Phillip C. Jones, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Phillip C. Jones registered to vote in Fayette County on July 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Phillip C. Jones
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Phillip C. Jones
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jones in Fayette County
- Abram Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Albert Jonesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Alex Jonesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Beverly Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Bolin Jonesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
Joneses elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 17 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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